Manner of draining the riverbed of the River Jigitonhonha, Brazil, by an aqueduct to search for diamonds. From John Mawe's Travels in the Interior of Brazil, 1812. Copperplate engraving by Dall'Acqua handcoloured by Laxaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzogno's Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti, Milan, 1815.

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